The new incarnation of the group has garnered rave reviews, both for its post-2000 reunion albums and its electrifying concerts. Credit: Courtesy Photo / Os Mutantes Sixties-era Brazilian group Os ...

Dave Pehling is website managing editor for CBS Bay Area. He started his journalism career doing freelance writing about music in the late 1990s, eventually working as a web writer, editor and ...

Rita Lee, a founding vocalist of Brazilian psych-rock legends Os Mutantes, has died. Lee – who earned the title of Brazil’s “Queen of Rock” for her work both in Os Mutantes and as a solo artist – was ...

Legendary Brazilian psychedelic rock band Os Mutantes’ concert at the Space Ballroom Tuesday night was a show that almost didn’t happen. At 11 the night before, on a turnpike in New Hampshire, a piece ...

Rita Lee, a co-founder of the legendary Tropicália rock band Os Mutantes who stood as Brazil’s “Queen of Rock,” has died. Lee’s family confirms to Reuters that she died Monday after a two-year battle ...

Being a fan of Brazilian psych-rock heroes Os Mutantes in the U.S. isn’t the most casual thing that can happen, though happy accidents tend to play a role. The original trio dissolved in the 1970s, ...

Forty years after they first formed, one of Brazil’s most influential music groups reunited to plenty of international fanfare in 2006. At first, however, that reunion came as a surprise to the ...

Legendary Brazilian psychedelic rockers Os Mutantes are gearing up to begin a US tour in late-November. That tour hasn’t been announced in full, but it’ll be kicking off in Austin, TX on November 27 ...

Tipitina's, 501 Napoleon Ave., 895-8477; www.tipitinas.com Tickets $20 advance purchase, $25 door There is no direct American analogue to the Tropicalistas, the loose collective of artists, actors, ...

Kurt Cobain couldn’t pull it off. But Milwaukee’s Cactus Club did. Back in 1993, when Nirvana ruled the world, Cobain tried, and failed, to get Os Mutantes back together, 15 years after the Brazilian ...

A fan of the late Rita Lee pays his respects at the public wake in São Paulo, Brazil. His sign makes reference to "Ovelha Negra" (or black sheep in Portuguese), a song from 1975's Fruto Proibido. Rita ...